Display device, kit and assembly

Abstract

A keepsake display device stores and displays a printed ultrasound image, and includes a substantially transparent convex hollow first member with a substantially closed smooth outer surface, a second member coupled to the first member to define a substantially closed outer surface for the device, and a display element adapted to receive the printed ultrasound image and display it through the outer surface of the first member. The first and second members can be shaped to mimic a pregnant belly and a woman's buttocks, together representing the midsection of a pregnant woman. A kit includes the display device plus one or more of a lamination member, a real or plastic birthstone or a set of real or plastic birthstones, a template useful for cutting the ultrasound image, and glue. An assembly includes the display device and a figurine such a stork which can hold the display device from its beak.

What is claimed is: 
     
       1. A keepsake display device, comprising:
 a) a substantially transparent non-spherical hollow first member with a substantially closed smooth mostly convex outer surface having a first apex, said hollow first member defining a back opening along a plane; 
 b) a non-spherical second member coupled to said first member and having a substantially closed smooth outer surface closing said back opening, thereby defining a substantially closed outer surface for said device and a space within said device, said closed smooth outer surface of second member having a convex portion defining a second apex with said second apex displaced below said first apex relative to said plane, and said closed outer surface of said second member having at least one concave portion; 
 c) an ultrasound image of a fetus; and 
 d) a display element located within said space and adapted to receive said printed ultrasound image and to display said printed ultrasound image through the outer surface of said first member, wherein
 said hollow first member is shaped to mimic a pregnant belly, and said second member is shaped to mimic a woman's buttocks with said concave portion representing a small of a woman's back, such that said first member and second member together represent the midsection of a pregnant woman with said ultrasound image of a fetus held therein, 
 said first member has a first bottom area with a first inside wall surface, said second member has a second bottom area with a second inside wall surface, and said first bottom area and second bottom area taper in width, 
 said display element includes a centering element located held between said first and second inside wall surfaces, an arm extending upward and forward of said centering element, and a support surface attached to said arm, said support surface adapted to hold and support said printed ultrasound image in said space within said device, and 
 said support surface has a convex curvature facing an inner surface of said first member, and said support surface tapers as it extends backward toward said second member, and wherein said convex curvature of said support surface permits said support surface to fit within said non-spherical hollow first member. 
 
 
     
     
       2. A display device according to  claim 1 , wherein:
 said substantially closed smooth outer surface defines a central indent or hole that mimics the naval of the pregnant woman. 
 
     
     
       3. A display device according to  claim 1 , wherein:
 said support surface is provided with a lip extending around at least a portion of a periphery of said support surface and adapted to hold said printed ultrasound image in place. 
 
     
     
       4. A display device according to  claim 1 , wherein:
 said printed ultrasound image is a laminated printed ultrasound image. 
 
     
     
       5. A kit, comprising the display device of  claim 2 , and further comprising either a birthstone, a set of birthstones, a plastic chip resembling a birthstone, or a set of plastic chips resembling a set of birthstones. 
     
     
       6. A kit according to  claim 5 , further comprising a template adapted to expedite cutting of said ultrasound image, and glue. 
     
     
       7. An assembly comprising the display device of  claim 1  and a figurine having a stand, said figurine adapted to hold said display device in its entirety above a horizontal level of said stand. 
     
     
       8. An assembly comprising the display device of  claim 2  and a figurine in the shape of a stork with a beak, said figurine having a stand, and said display device either defining an opening through which said beak can extend or said display device coupled to a ring or hook through which said beak can extend such that said figurine holds said display device in its entirety above a horizontal level of said stand.